If I mispronounced your name?

Personally, I find it amusing... also, this concept is very common among men and especially with male workers. I've always seen men choose nicknames for each other, and usually it livens the work place and make it's a little fun with a good laugh.

Just as some others said, if people don't like their designated nick name, they will be prone to correct you.

I don't under stand what you're saying. A person can read someone's name off of a list, and mispronounce it, but they are usually corrected. That doesn't mean the reader continues to mispronounce the name every time they say it. Once they are corrected, they are saying the right pronunciation. And even the simplest and most common of names can be mispronounced. I have a friend named Aubrey, and a substitute teacher read her name off of the list as "oo-bray." Personally, I think Aubrey is a very common name, and easy to pronounce. It really just depends on the person. Just because people pronounce their names differently than the original or the classic, doesn't make it wrong. BQ: Like Sebastian.

I think people would rather deal with open racism than the covert variety. If these folk stay for only a short time, you might well get away with it. If they stay long enough to want to assimilate, you might find yourself with some unpleasant nicknames yourself.

On the other hand, if you're going to be completely miserable deciphering unfamiliar names and will be making everyone around you miserable while you are trying, maybe you should settle for being the happy clown you are now.

I myself am terrible at names and really do not like it. But I do not make fun of people by choosing rude nicknames. (I would laugh too if I had to earn money from you. Am glad I am not that desperate. They are probably raising families.)

There are some names that are hard to pronounce.

If someone mispronounces my name then i simply correct them.

and my friends give eachother nicknames. Mine is actually DankSprite.

Because... well.... I would always get the best sh*t, and I've been told I have a pixie face.

I see no problem with it.

I think its cool, I myself like to give people nicknames when I can't pronounce or remember their name. If you mispronounced my name I would be pretty ok with it, i'd problibly correct you the first few times, then i'd give up and let you call me whatever you want.

It is fine as long as their aren't any conflicts. But if you see that they are not happy with it or are pretending then make effort to call them properly even if you can't pronounce it. Rather ask them what they prefer to be called. I wouldn't call them that though because if something happens they can turn it against you and maybe you can get into problems soon as they might be pretending. If you were in their situation would you like being called that? If not then don't.

I personally wouldn't because it doesn't seem professional but if you are a hundred percent sure they okay and you wouldn't mind them doing the same with you it is okay

If you mispronounced my name, I wouldn't have a problem with it. I would just correct you and move on.

I think it's lazy and arrogant. Everyone doesn't have to have cookie-cutter names in order to be acknowledged. I don't have difficulty pronouncing foreign people's names so why do you?